My VM won't boot and is returning this error

Operating Systems & Open Source Linux
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Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Windows 10.

VT-x is disabled in the BIOS for all CPU modes (VERR_VMX_MSR_ALL_VMX_DISABLED).

Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005)
Component: ConsoleWrap
Interface: IConsole {872da645-4a9b-1727-bee2-5585105b9eed}

In my BIOS I made sure the virtualization was on and these are screenshots of my current VM settings.

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I chaged each setting around alot and nothing helped… does anyone have any clue whats going on here? please help :slight_smile:

I’m not sure if my system specs would be on any use but they are :
Linux Mint 18.0
intel i7 5820k OC to 4.4 Ghz at 1.3V
Asus sabertooth x99 motherboard
16 gb 4x4 2667 corsair dominator platinum RAM
Evga GTX 970 ACX 2.0 SC ( two of them )
Corsair 850i Gold Rated Power Supply
Samsaung 850 evo 256 GB SSD

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I just checked my VM settings for the Ubuntu build I have on my machine, Im not sure if it will help you any but here goes

On the Motherboard tab the boot order is the same as yours as is the chipset, the Pointing Device but on the extending features I have Enable I/O APIC as you do but also Hardware Clock in UTC time Ticked (Cant see the Hardware Clock making a difference tbh)

Processor Tab I do not have the Enable PAE/NX ticked

My Acceleration tab is the same as yours.

Bear in mind I am running Virtualbox on a Windows Host and the VM is Ubuntu, maybe try unticking the Enable PAE/NX tick box?

Hope this helps.

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No luck :frowning: This is the first time this has ever happened to me. On my previous installation of linux VMs worked perfectly…

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Strange. Have you double checked that VT-x is on in your BIOS?

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That’s the first thing I checked and it’s on

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Have you tried another hypervisor such as KVM through QEMU+libvirt?
If KVM works then Virtual Box is at fault. If neither works then it could be the kernel or the firmware.

Install virt-manager and libvirt/libvirtd. I don’t know what the exact names of the packages in Mint so you might have to search.
virt-manager is the graphical interface that you use to control libvirtd locally or remotely.
libvirtd will manage the VMs using QEMU’s KVM hypervisor which uses the KVM module that Linux offers.

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what number does this command return?
egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo